Subject: English Language Arts (10) Title: A Tale of Two Slaves: A Lesson in Predicting, Summarizing, Making Connections, Questioning, and Comparing/Contrasting (Part 2)Description: Students will read and discuss the similarities and differences of two characters from the same historical era. Students will collaborate to write two paragraphs in which the characters are compared and contrasted.
This is a College- and Career-Ready Standards showcase lesson plan.Subject: English Language Arts (10), or Technology Education (9 - 12) Title: Creating a Perfect Society- Poster ProductionDescription: This is the third part of a project-based learning unit plan. In groups, the students will be analyzing themes and literary elements from the novel Lord of the Flies, by William Golding in order to answer the driving question- How is it possible to create a perfect society? As the students take on the role of the characters in the novel, they will need to create a survival guide, a propaganda poster to advertise their society and the map of their perfect society. This particular lesson is the production of the glogster poster. You can find the other lesson of this unit on the ALEX website under the numbers 31003,31029,and 31031.

Subject: English Language Arts (10), or Technology Education (9 - 12) Title: Creating a Perfect Society - Brochure Production Description: This is the second part of a project based learning unit plan. In groups, the students will be analyzing themes and literary elements from the novel Lord of the Flies, by William Golding in order to answer the driving question- How is it possible to create a perfect society? As the students take on the role of the characters in the novel, they will need to create a survival guide, a propaganda poster to advertise their society and the map of their perfect society. This particular lesson contains lessons that lead up the creation of the brochure. You can find the other lesson of this unit on the ALEX website under the numbers 31003, 31030, and 31031.

Subject: English Language Arts (10), or Technology Education (9 - 12) Title: Going the "Write" DirectionDescription: We’ve all gotten bad directions and if the truth were known, we have all given poor directions.So we are going to hone our skills in giving (writing) and following (reading) directions.

Subject: English Language Arts (10), or Technology Education (9 - 12) Title: Google in the Classroom: Using Google Docs to Write for Audience, Context, and PurposeDescription: Students write and digitally publish a weekly newsletter using Google Docs. The content will be a synthesis of interesting issues from their class as well as some outside news and issues which directly impact students. The target audience will be students, faculty, and administration, as well as parents and the larger community.
This lesson is based on the webpage "Writing for Context" by Andrea Zellner.

Subject: English Language Arts (10), or Technology Education (9 - 12) Title: Google in the Classroom: Creating a Book Review using Google BooksDescription: Technology-based lesson for a High School English class, incorporating Google Books and Google Docs. Students will choose a book to review, read the book, research other reviews of the same book, and then use Google Docs to create their own review. They will share this review with the teacher on Google Docs, and after receiving approval, they will post the review on Google Books.

Subject: English Language Arts (9 - 10) Title: Unfortunate FortunatoDescription: You are a local police detective, your task is to investigate the disappearance of Fortunata. Retrace his steps leading up to his disappearance. Remember to interview anyone that may have seen him that night. After gathering all of your information, write a detailed missing person's report on behalf of Fortunato's family detaining Fortunato's last day on earth.

Subject: English Language Arts (10 - 11), or Technology Education (9 - 12) Title: Video ResumeDescription: Students will construct an ongoing list of their accomplishments. Students will videotape each other presenting their achievements.

Subject: English Language Arts (7 - 10) Title: Hands, Hands, Hands - Writing a Narrative Essay from the Perspective of a Particular HandDescription: The teacher will show pictures of six hands to students. (See attachment) After a brainstorming session, students will choose one hand that illustrates a particular story from their life. Then, students will write a two page narrative essay about this story. These stories will be posted on a class blog to allow for feedback and discussion from classmates.

Subject: English Language Arts (10), or Technology Education (9 - 12) Title: The Devil and Tom Walker NewsletterDescription: Students will create a newsletter with information taken from the short story "The Devil and Tom Walker." Students will work in pairs and decide which parts of the newsletter each will be responsible for completing. The finished newsletter will be published for the class to view.

Subject: Business, Management, and Administration (9 - 12), or English Language Arts (10), or Technology Education (9 - 12) Title: Creating a Business Letter Using Mail MergeDescription: In this lesson, students will learn to use the mail merge feature of their word processing software. They will utilize the Internet for research, compose a business letter, and key the letter using mail merge. This is a Commerce and Information Technology lesson plan.

Subject: English Language Arts (9 - 10), or Science (9 - 12), or Technology Education (9 - 12) Title: Body Symmetry of AnimalsDescription: Students will watch a slideshow about the body symmetry of animals. Included is a short quiz of animals and images. The students will determine the symmetry of each animal. Students then design their own animals. They should design one with each type of symmetry.This lesson plan was created as a result of the Girls Engaged in Math and Science, GEMS Project funded by the Malone Family Foundation.Subject: English Language Arts (10), or Technology Education (9 - 12) Title: If I Read It, It Must Be TrueDescription: Working in groups, students identify methods of propaganda and analyze television, magazine, and Internet ads. Groups then create their own ad using one of the identified methods.

Subject: English Language Arts (10 - 12), or Technology Education (9 - 12) Title: Writing a Persuasive EssayDescription: In this lesson students research opposing viewpoints on controversial issues and develop their own position papers. Though primarily for English classes, this lesson could be easily adapted for an interdisciplinary unit with social studies or science classes.

Subject: English Language Arts (10 - 12), or Technology Education (9 - 12) Title: Is Romance Dead?Description: As an introduction to the medieval romances, students compare and contrast the medieval rules of courtly love to the modern "rules" of courtship and romance. Students write a compare/contrast essay after group work and class discussion.

Subject: Arts Education (6 - 12), or English Language Arts (10), or Technology Education (9 - 12) Title: Translating Short Stories into Original Short FilmsDescription: After reviewing the elements of the short story, students develop a script and storyboard from a published or original story. Students then film and edit a video of the story to present during a class film festival.

Subject: English Language Arts (9 - 10), or Technology Education (9 - 12) Title: Identifying Parallel Structure in SentencesDescription: After textbook and online instruction in parallel construction, students examine Lincoln's Gettysburg Address and the Declaration of Independence for parallelism before writing their own paragraphs.

Subject: English Language Arts (10 - 12), or Technology Education (9 - 12) Title: Sharing Summer Reading Through Literature CirclesDescription: This lesson allows students to discuss the assigned summer reading in literature circles with respect to plot, character, and theme. Students work in groups of three to four to produce a slideshow presentation of one of the novels read. Each group shares its presentation with the class.

Subject: Language ArtsTitle: Langston Hughes was born in 1902.Add BookmarkDescription: Students examine the poem '' Dreams'' and identify metaphors in each sentence. Groups of students then compose poems with metaphors for dreams.Thinkfinity Partner: ReadWriteThinkGrade Span: 7,8,9,10,11,12

Subject: Language ArtsTitle: Author Joel Chandler Harris was born in 1848.Add BookmarkDescription: Students study how regional dialect is written phonetically by reading a segment of Harris' story, as well as two others, and compare them using the Interactive Venn Diagram.Thinkfinity Partner: ReadWriteThinkGrade Span: 9,10,11,12

Subject: Arts,Language Arts,Social StudiesTitle: Walt Whitman's Notebooks and Poetry: The Sweep of the UniverseAdd BookmarkDescription: In this lesson, from EDSITEment, students read the poetry of Walt Whitman to determine how he attempts to combine universal themes with individual experiences and feelings. Additionally, students reflect on how Whitman used his experiences in the Civil War in his poetry.Thinkfinity Partner: EDSITEmentGrade Span: 9,10,11,12

Subject: Language ArtsTitle: Poet Emily Dickinson was born in 1830.Add BookmarkDescription: Students discuss Dickinson's poem '' This Is My Letter To The World'' and use it to focus on how audience affects voice.Thinkfinity Partner: ReadWriteThinkGrade Span: 9,10,11,12

Subject: Arts,Language Arts,Social StudiesTitle: Dramatizing History in Arthur Miller's ''The Crucible''Add BookmarkDescription: In this EDSITEment lesson, students consider how Arthur Miller interpreted the facts of the Salem witch trials and how he successfully dramatized them in his play, The Crucible. Students examine some of Miller's historical sources: biographies of key players and transcripts of the Salem Witch trials themselves. The students also read a summary of the historical events in Salem and study a timeline. The students then read The Crucible itself.Thinkfinity Partner: EDSITEmentGrade Span: 9,10,11,12

Subject: Language Arts,Social StudiesTitle: Pioneer Values in Willa Cather's ''My Antonia''Add BookmarkDescription: In this lesson, from EDSITEment, students learn about the social and historical context of Willa Cather's My Antonia. They work in groups to explore Cather's commentary on fortitude, hard work, faithfulness, and other values that we associate with pioneer life.Thinkfinity Partner: EDSITEmentGrade Span: 9,10,11,12

Subject: Language Arts,Social StudiesTitle: 'The Red Badge of Courage'': A New Kind of CourageAdd BookmarkDescription: In this lesson, from EDSITEment, students explore the values of courage and patriotism in Stephen Crane's The Red Badge of Courage. They closely read Chapter 23 and compare it with a more traditional tale of combat and a systematic look at an early reviewer's accusations. Using their new understanding, students are asked to select one of three published endings to The Red Badge of Courage best suited to their understanding of Crane's exploration of values in the novel.Thinkfinity Partner: EDSITEmentGrade Span: 9,10,11,12

Subject: Language ArtsTitle: On this day in 1935, Elvis Presley was born.Add BookmarkDescription: Students visit the National Archives to read a letter written by Elvis Presley to President Nixon. The Letter Generator is used to write a letter to a current artist suggesting a meeting with the President.Thinkfinity Partner: ReadWriteThinkGrade Span: 3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12

Subject: Language ArtsTitle: Poe's '' The Raven'' was published in 1845.Add BookmarkDescription: As Poe's '' The Raven'' is read aloud, students note their reactions and discuss the changes or development of their first impressions as the poem continues.Thinkfinity Partner: ReadWriteThinkGrade Span: 7,8,9,10,11,12

Subject: Language ArtsTitle: Gold was discovered in California in 1848.Add BookmarkDescription: Students read letters from the Gold Rush and follow up by writing an imaginary letter to a family member about their experience using the Letter Generator.Thinkfinity Partner: ReadWriteThinkGrade Span: 3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12

Subject: Language ArtsTitle: Poet Robert Burns was born in 1759.Add BookmarkDescription: Students read examples of traditional Scottish ballads and use this information to write and perform their own ballads.Thinkfinity Partner: ReadWriteThinkGrade Span: 7,8,9,10,11,12

Subject: Language ArtsTitle: Black Poetry Day is celebrated.Add BookmarkDescription: Books and webpages are gathered that focus on the work of African American poets and students explore the resources and find a poem to contribute to a poetry reading.Thinkfinity Partner: ReadWriteThinkGrade Span: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12

Subject: Language ArtsTitle: Jackie Robinson was born on this day in 1919.Add BookmarkDescription: Students read messages sent to the White House from Jackie Robinson and discuss his role as an athlete and a civil rights activist, as well as the role of athletes in society.Thinkfinity Partner: ReadWriteThinkGrade Span: 7,8,9,10,11,12

Subject: Language ArtsTitle: Actor Sidney Poitier was born in 1924.Add BookmarkDescription: Students do a journal entry about barriers that have been broken?such as age, race, and gender?that might impede them in the future, and how they can break through those barriers.Thinkfinity Partner: ReadWriteThinkGrade Span: 3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12